The Annual Parochial Churchmeeting

PARISH OF

THE ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCHMEETING

will be held inon dayof at

For the election of Parochial representatives of the laity as follows:

•To the ParochialChurchCouncilrepresentatives.

•To theDeanerySynodrepresentatives (include where applicable) For the appointment of Sidesmen and the Independent Examiner or Auditor. For the considerationof:

(a)AReportonchangesintherollsincetheannualparochialchurchmeeting;

Signed

**Minister of the parish

(b)An Annual Report of the proceedings of the parochial church council and the activities of the parishgenerally;

(c)TheFinancialStatementsoftheCouncilfortheyearendingonthe31stDecemberimmediatelyprecedingthe meeting audited or independentlyexamined;

(d)A Report on the fabric, goods and ornaments of the church or churches of theparish;

(e)A Report on the proceedings of the Deanery Synod and other matters of parochialor

general Church interest.

NOTES

1.AllpersonswhosenamesareenteredupontheChurchElectoralRolloftheparish(andsuchpersonsonly)areentitledtovoteattheelectionofparochialrepresentativesofthelaity.

2.Subject to the provisions of rule 12(2)(c), a person is qualified to be elected a parochial representative of the laityif

a)theirnameisenteredonthechurchelectoralrolloftheparishand,unlesstheyareundertheageofeighteenyearsatthedateoftheelection,hasbeensoenteredforatleast the preceding period of sixmonths;

b)thepersonisanactualcommunicantwhichmeansthattheyhavereceivedCommunionaccordingtotheuseoftheChurchofEnglandorofaChurchincommunionwiththe Church of England at least three times during the twelve months preceding the date of the electionand;

c)thepersonissixteenyearsorupwardsandd)thepersonisnotdisqualifiedasreferredtoinparagraph5ofthesenotes. 3a)Apersonshallbedisqualifiedfrombeingnominated,chosenorelectedfromservingasachurchwarden,amemberofa

parochial church council, a district church council or any synod under these rules if he is disqualified from being a charity trustee under section 72(1) of the Charities Act 1993 and the disqualification is not for the time being subject to a general waiver by the Charity Commissioners under subsection (4) of that section or to a waiver by them under that subsection in respect of all ecclesiastical charities established for purposes relating to the parish concerned.

(aa) A person shall be disqualified from being nominated, chosen or elected or from serving as a churchwarden or member

of a parochial church council, a district church council or any synod under these rules if the person is included in a barred list (within the meaning of the Safeguarding Vulnerable

Groups Act 2006).

(ab) A person shall be disqualified from being nominated, chosen or elected or from serving as a churchwarden or member

of a parochial church council, a district church council or any synod under these rules if the person has been convicted of an offence mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.

(ac) A person’s disqualification under paragraph (ab) may be waived by the bishop of the diocese in question giving the person notice in writing.

b) A person shall also be disqualified from being nominated, chosen or elected from serving as a churchwarden or member

pf parochial church council if they have been so disqualified from holding office under section 10(6) of the Incumbents (Vacation of Benefice) Measure 1977., a member of a parochial church council, a district church council or any synod under these rules if they are disqualified from being a charity trustee under section 178 of the Charities Act 2011 and the disqualification is not for the time being subject to a general waiver by the Charity Commissioners under subsection 4 of that section or to a waiver by them under that subsection in respect of all ecclesiastical charities§ established for purposes relating to the parish concerned.

4.Any person whose name is on the electoral roll may be appointed as asidesman.

5.‡A resolution is in operation in this parish which provides that any person entitled to vote in the elections ofparochial

representatives of the laity to the parochial church council or to the deanery synod or to both that council and that synod may make application on the appropriate form to the undersigned for a postal vote. The completed form must be received before the commencement of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.

NOTE — In this notice “parish” means an ecclesiastical parish.

§”Ecclesiastical charity” has the same meaning as that assigned to that expression in the Local Government Act 1894.

‡This paragraph should be deleted if no resolution for postal voting is in operation in the parish.

**Or “Vice-Chairman of the Parochial Church Council” as the case may be (see rule 7(3)).